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Is rax a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rax is a Scrabble US word. The word rax is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

R1A1X8

Is rax a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rax is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

R1A1X8

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3-letter words (1 found)

RAX,

2-letter words (2 found)

AR,AX,

You can make 3 words from rax according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of rax

rax arx rxa xra axr xar

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Definitions and meaning of rax

rax

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæks/
  • Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).

Verb

rax (third-person singular simple present raxes, present participle raxing, simple past and past participle raxed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
  2. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.
  3. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
    Please rax me the pitcher.
  4. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
  5. (UK, dialectal, chiefly Scotland, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.
Derived terms
  • outrax
Related terms
  • raxle
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of barracks.

Noun

rax (plural rax or raxes)

  1. (video games slang) barracks

Anagrams

  • AXR, XAR

K'iche'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

rax

  1. green

Kaqchikel

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

rax

  1. green

Poqomam

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

rax

  1. green

Q'eqchi

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

rax

  1. grue (color)
  2. moist, damp

Derived terms

  • raxjo'in (“sky blue”)
  • raxkihob' (“malaria”)
  • raxk'urin (“bluish”)

Further reading

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]

Source: wiktionary.org